And so it ends...

Not entirely, of course, but I think I am done with the craziness. I have a date on Thursday... my honest opinion is that it's months overdue. I will probably have more when I get back from PA next week - I'm talking to a few girls now. I don't know what took me so long. You get in such a groove and it's easy to get lost... although it's not all negative. I got pretty far.

I gained 1.8 pounds this week. But again, this isn't a bad thing. I have gotten even skinnier and I went down another jeans size. I have really taken great care to start lifting again regularly and it's starting to show. I ran 26.25 miles last week. I did a brief 4 mile run as the sun went down last night. I was zipping. I finished 6 minutes faster than normal... It was a good feeling.

I had to quit my run early this morning (~3 miles) due to the worst cramp I've ever had in my life. And it wasn't in a normal spot, either, it was just underneath my ribcage on the right hand side. I was trying to run through it but it got so bad I thought I was going to fall over... so I just quit.

Trying to go to the gym the next three nights to give me 8 workouts for the week. That would be 2x M, T, W, run Thursday morning and run Friday morning before I head to PA for the weekend. It's going to be an awesome weekend, that will no doubt see me gain some weight. It's the annual fantasy football draft for me and my team "The Gentleman Callers" and it's honestly the only time we all get to see everyone all year. I'll see a few people here and there but to get all 10 guys in the league together as well as a few others is rare. I've been looking forward to this for weeks. Of course pizza/wings/beer will be involved but I'll survive.

The timing of me dating again and such is suspect, I know, due to the 50% or higher chance that I might be moving soon, but I never did claim to know exactly what it was I wanted out of life.

It's just really important now for me to keep me exercise level up high enough while I integrate my social life back without slacking off... I don't want to have come all this way to backtrack even an inch. I'm hoping to just steadily lose 2-4 pounds a month, which is next to nothing, all through the winter until next summer when I can get crazy (or not - depending) again if need be.